Ron Paul rips NRA plan for officers in every school

by FOXNews.com | published on December 25, 2012

Retiring Republican Rep. Ron Paul pushed back Monday against the National Rifle Association’s call for installing armed officers in every school, warning that the move could create a TSA-style maze of checkpoints and surveillance cameras — with limited effect.

“School shootings, no matter how horrific, do not justify creating an Orwellian surveillance state in America,” Paul said in a written statement.

The congressman, among the most libertarian-leaning on the Hill, is the first Republican in Congress to forcefully oppose the NRA’s proposal. NRA head Wayne LaPierre on Friday urged federal funding to overhaul America’s school security, a plan that would include posting a guard in every school.

LaPierre argued that, in the wake of the Connecticut mass murders, it only makes sense to protect students the same way the country protects banks and elected leaders — with armed security.
“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,” he said.

But Paul — who said he agrees that “more guns equals less crime” and “private gun ownership prevents many shootings” — nevertheless chided the NRA for its plan, describing it as a government solution that could infringe on liberty.

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